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by truckerbill 7y ago
True, can't pretend to know either. Reuse, in as many of those areas you mentioned as possible, seems like the key way to optimise. Using second-hand ceramic or glass is maybe a good thing to think about. No signalling of demand to a
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by truckerbill 7y ago
Washing a ceramic mug is clearly the better choice environmentally-or bring your own reusable to-go cup.
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by truckerbill 7y ago
What would you say the commonality is?
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by truckerbill 7y ago
A lot of these people, I would wager the majority , had bad childhoods. Resulting from vicious cycles caused (in part) by poverty. I would also wager in a fairer parallel universe where this wasn't the case, a good number of these peo
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by truckerbill 8y ago
Not having a good start in life is the root cause of so much crime, disorder and other social strife. Wouldn't you rather live in a world with less murder at the expense of fewer superyachts? Also the more we allow the entire populatio
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by truckerbill 8y ago
The boss sounds like he was acting with the mentality of a jealous schoolboy.
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by truckerbill 8y ago
This would create its own echo-chamber of sorts I'd wager
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by truckerbill 8y ago
'640kB ought to be enough for anyone' This step towards real time raytracing is going to happen sooner or later. This kind of progression is why we aren't stuck with Wolfenstein 3D
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by truckerbill 8y ago
What about an iPhone 3Gs? Its essentially locked out of the app store at this point.
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by truckerbill 8y ago
How do you deal with cartels? Also, to whoever downvoted, doing so to otherwise relevant comments you disagree is part of the issue being discussed in the article, don't you think?
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by truckerbill 8y ago
It's worked pretty well for things like universal healthcare, in those countries that value it and continue to fund it. Maybe the idea is designing an efficient bureaucracy that prevents the agents acting within it from corrupting it.
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by truckerbill 8y ago
A lot of traffic has no blockage at the front, it's just the compressed bit of a longitudinal wave of cars, which creates a feedback loop of holdups behind it. Having space between cars allows the waves to dissipate more quickly.
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by truckerbill 8y ago
One counter argument to that are the organisational costs, which run against one of the central arguments for UBI - more efficient distribution of the welfare pot, due to the simplified, no questions asked system. As with current voucher sy
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by truckerbill 8y ago
You'd be getting the UBI too, could always take some time off...